Pregnancy Medicine — Flashcards

Flashcard 101: What is the definitive management of pre-eclampsia? _____

Answer: Delivery of pregnancy

Flashcard 102: _____ is pre-eclampsia with one or more seizures

Answer: Eclampsia

Flashcard 103: Pre-eclampsia is diagnosed with new-onset BP ≥ _____/90 mmHg after 20 weeks of pregnancy AND proteinuria or end-organ dysfunction

Answer: 140

Flashcard 104: The ABCDE approach of postpartum haemorrhage includes positioning the patient _____

Answer: lying flat and elevating the legs

Extra: In Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) management, positioning involves lying the patient flat to maintain cerebral perfusion and elevating the legs (Trendelenburg position) to increase venous return. If the uterus is still large (e.g., immediate postpartum), a left lateral tilt may be used to avoid aortocaval compression.

Flashcard 105: Pre-eclampsia presents with the classical triad of _____, proteinuria, and oedema

Answer: new hypertension

Flashcard 106: A pregnant patient 38 weeks gestation who has asthma starts to get a headache and visual disturbances. On urine dipstick there is protein ++ and BP is 158/96 mmHg. What is the management? _____

Answer: Pharmacological management = nifedipine Definitive management = induce labour

Flashcard 107: An _____ is the implantation of a fertilised ovum outside the uterine cavity

Answer: ectopic pregnancy

Flashcard 108: The ABCDE approach of postpartum haemorrhage includes accessing _____ cannulae

Answer: two 14-16 G

Flashcard 109: Pre-eclampsia consequences include _____

Answer: placental abruption

Flashcard 110: If there is pregnancy of unknown location, then a β-hCG of > _____ IU/litre supports diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy

Answer: 1,500